There are few cars more poorly executed than the Cadillac Allanté. With bodies built by Italian factory workers, then shipped over to Michigan to be finished by 1980s GM factory workers, and with a name selected by computer, it is the epitome of a very certain idea of “luxury.” And now American Apparel, a bankrupt…
Tanks! They’re big, mean, ugly, and loud, and their crews are highly competitive. Russia is hosting the World Championship Tank Biathalon right now, and the finals mean that the best of the whole group are competing for the title of Best Tank Biathelete (I think). But the winner gets a tank! A real tank!
What would you do with $10,000? Toss it into the racing budget? Hoard tires for the year? Fill your front lawn with 944 parts cars? Here's your opportunity to find out: make a two-minute video to show Bell Helmets how you go racing, and you could win $10,000. For anything. (Even shady Craigslist 944s.)
To commemorate the 200,000th Volvo truck to be registered in the UK (what?) the company's throwing a little design contest: draw the coolest 2050 Volvo commercial hauler and they'll bring you to visit Gothenburg, Sweden and meet the design team!
If you want to show you're cool enough to roll your car, without having to actually be reckless enough to roll your car, make sure to buy this lovely t-shirt from the gentlefolks from blipshift before 10 PM tonight when it goes away forever.
If you want to show you're cool enough to roll your car, without having to actually be reckless enough to roll your car, make sure to buy this lovely t-shirtfrom the gentlefolks from blipshift before it goes away forever.
The best ideas are often the ones that seem to appear out of nowhere, like when BMW asked us if we wanted to configure a new BMW 2-Series for the local press fleet. We said yes, but we asked if we could let you the reader do the configuring and some of the driving. They said yes to that, too.
Not since 2006's 'Save The Enzos' merch has Jalopnik produced a t-shirt for those readers who wish to show off their Jaloplove sartorially, which is why we've partnered with blipshift to produce the ultimate Jalopnik t-shirt. Oh yeah, and you'll have a chance to design it.
As part of the Jalopnik Film Festival we asked you to create your dream track in order to win a one-of-a-kind simulator. Here's the winner and the many honorable mentions.
Go to Build and Search and register for a chance to win this 1968 427 Corvette.
We have five copies of the official Pikes Peak International Hill Climb program signed by none other than Jalopnik's $500 Craigslist rally car driver, Bill Caswell. We'll be giving one away every day this week. Here's the second.
We have five copies of the official Pikes Peak International Hill Climb program signed by none other than Jalopnik's $500 Craigslist rally car driver, Bill Caswell. We'll be giving one away every day this week.
Well, not a real MK VII, but how about a 1:76 scale model? We'll randomly select a winner from the commenters on the "Jaguar MK VII Model" thread on our official Jalopnik Facebook fan page. Details below.
Well, not a real Type 2 pickup, but what about a Oxford 1:76 scale model? We'll randomly select a winner of one from the commenters on the "E Type Model" thread on our official Jalopnik Facebook fan page. Details below.
Well, not a real E Type, but how about a Jaguar E Type Oxford 1:76 scale model? We'll randomly select a winner from the commenters on the "E Type Model" thread on our official Jalopnik Facebook fan page. Details below.
Well, not a real Miura, but how about a Lamborghini Miura Mondo Motors 1/43 scale model? We'll randomly select a winner from the commenters on the "Miura Model" thread on our official Jalopnik Facebook fan page. Details below.
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